Drawings and Thoughts
Artists: Julian Bozeman and Sarah Conarro
Title: Drawings and Thoughts
Date: 10/7/2021
Medium: Sound Recording, Song Recording
Description: In response to the overnight shutdown of our studio due to COVID-19, we launched this online project consisting of 84 sessions. Each week, more than 80 artists, ages 2-72, tuned in from Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Montana, New York, Puerto Rico, and South Carolina.
Something we’ve all got
Artists: Julian Bozeman, Hank Moore, and Sarah Conarro
Title: Something We’ve All Got
Date: 10/7/2021
Medium: Sound Recording, Song Recording
Description: Julian, Hank, and Sarah asked a classroom of students “what is something we’ve all got?” Julian found three overlapping answers and worked assisting Hank and Sarah to write a song around the theme. Additionally, Julian and Sarah recorded sampled and found sound of the classroom and Hank reciting the answers and song title. Sarah and Julian compiled the sampled and found sound into the song.
PS018 Professional Development
Teacher Workshop
Artists: Julian Bozeman and Sarah Conarro
Title: PS018 Professional Development Teacher Workshop
Date: 12/9/2024
Medium: Video, Sound Recording, Color Pencil, Letter-writing
Description: At this professional development workshop, PS018 teaching professionals provided core vocabulary taught in their subjects. Julian and Sarah gathered these words to develop arts integrated curriculum for the school. Julian and Sarah also ran a drawing and letter-writing exercise, emphasizing independence and connection. Following the one-hour workshop, Julian and Sarah combined the voices, poses, drawings, and writings of the teaching professionals into the short sweet vignette below:
Video Feedback
Artists: Julian Bozeman
Title: Video Feedback
Date: 7/9/2023
Medium: Video Feedback, Performance
Our Relationship with Information Grows By Asking Questions and Listening to Answers
Artists: Julian Bozeman and Sarah Conarro
Title: Our Relationship with Information Grows By Asking Questions and Listening to Answers
Date: 11/4/2024
Medium: Video, Sound Recording, Watercolor, Letter-writing
Description: On Nov 5th (Election Day), young artists began gathering information on sounds & colors with the objective of observing & exploring relationships. They gathered information by asking questions & listening to answers.
Doing Something New (Trust the Process)
Artists: Julian Bozeman and Sarah Conarro
Title: Doing Something New (Trust the Process)
Date: 7/26/2024
Medium: Video, Sound Recording, Music, Painting, Collage, Clay
Description: Throughout the 5-week summer camp, young artists recorded their voices, performed for the camera, and created individual artworks. The individual artworks were scanned to create the elements and backgrounds of the video. The voices and performances were collaged together on top of the scanned artworks.
You and Me / Me and You
Artists: Julian Bozeman and Sarah Conarro
Title: You and Me / Me and You
Date: 4/11/2024
Medium: Mural, Video, Sound Recording, Music, Paint, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Description: Parents and Caregivers of PS018 students submitted “one positive trait that describes your child” in their home language. Their responses became the lyrics to an original song, recorded by the students. Additionally, the students created a collaborative mural and self-portraits, which were compiled into a coffee table book. Each of the 4 parts (mural, self-portrait book, song, video) refer to each other with the positive traits as the consistent through-line. (read more)
